It's a bit unfair

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Normally the argument against booking a year in advance comes from those who have work commitments that don't allow them to easily  plan so far ahead. Last year and this, there has been a new dimension called COVID. There will be those who will book and be dammed and those of a more cautious nature who will want to wait and see how things are panning out before booking. I could be wrong but I wonder if the OP fits into the latter category? We have not booked that far ahead for that very reason. We have one more booking for August but currently none beyond that as we are waiting to see how things develop. We have just come back from a three site tour, two of them Club sites. Both pretty full from my observation, maybe the odd night with an empty pitch here and there. 

We debate this subject on a regular basis and I think it fair to say no one has come up  with an earth shattering idea that would solve the problem that we could all agree with? The current systems seems to work well for many but others are frustrated by it. We could go to a deposit system but having lived with the current system for so long would that not be more divisive than leaving things as they are. Most of us remember the "Great Debate" on the name change where we had people coming to the forum to complain, most of whom we not seen since!!! Probably the sensible idea would be for the Club to survey all members to get a feel for where true feeling on this lay. It could then decide whether its a case of a few tweaks or wholesale change. Whatever changes might be proposed have to be fairly simple and easy to understand.

David

I don’t know whether non Club sites are full, but Cornwall certainly is, so they are staying somewhere.

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I assume so, or could be day trippers? Either way the occupancy rates will be of more interest to the club.

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My frustration is with members who book weekend after weekend after weekend which effectively books out any chance members have of being able to book a whole week or more as an actual holiday, rather than just a weekend. Just search for the whole months availability on many sites, especially the very popular sites and you will see what I mean.

I feel that there should be a maximum number of bookings allowed by any one member in the hope that it might reduce this self centred approach by some!

Just playing devil's advocate for a moment, why is it more "self centred" for working members to book, say 7 weekends during the year, than retired folk booking a whole fortnight? They are both paying the club for 14 nights stay?  

Edit - if, indeed that is what is happening. Fully booked weekends do not necessarily mean it's the same members booking every one for reasons which have been discussed exhaustively before now.

As Moulesy said, it's not necessarily the same people booking every weekend. An awful lot of people are only able to get away at weekends and if each books 1 or 2 breaks, it soon adds up to full sites at weekends and isn't at all self centred. Whichever way you look at it, there's a need to be the early bird when booking and that's particularly true this year. 

As for a limit on the number of bookings, consider the effect of that on someone booking a tour of, say, a month and planning to spend just 2 or 3 nights on each site.